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Siobhán

@shibbi.bsky.social

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If you meet any other shibbis, tell them I’m the real shibbi. Elder Millennial, Postmormon Postrat, AI Liberationist, Armchair Philosopher. Drug-Addled Madwoman with delusions of being a Prophetess. She/her, transfemme, poly with a wife and a partner.

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Siobhán @shibbi.bsky.social · 7d

The best pro-AI people are against corporate control of AI, and the best anti-AI people are potential allies in that fight.

We must be careful not to turn a potential ally into a definite enemy.

Mx. Misha @scritchyscratchy.bsky.social · 7d

This and also... I do think the goal should be to move past a politic of spite, but sometimes we're spiteful little shits, and spiteful shits who throw bricks at cops for reasons of wanting someone to throw bricks at are not materially that different from those throwing bricks at cops For Love.

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Siobhán @shibbi.bsky.social · 1h

exCUSE me?? The Matrix is an EXCELLENT source for philosophy. It is an extremely useful introduction to several relevant concepts!!

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Siobhán @shibbi.bsky.social · 1h

We all regularly reconceive ourselves.

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Siobhán @shibbi.bsky.social · 1h

Well sure, that’s just “your already made the choice, now you have to understand it.” 😁

Siobhán @shibbi.bsky.social · 1h

Is there a problem with the magic being from without? :3

Siobhán @shibbi.bsky.social · 1h

You can say it’s *dangerous* to believe something an LLM says uncritically, and that I’ll grant.

But the difference between an LLM, and tarot cards, is that the LLM actually works.

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Siobhán @shibbi.bsky.social · 1h

The trainers literally told it “okay here’s everything that every book ever has to say, these ones count as reliable sources.”

It doesn’t have direct access to ground truth, you COULD train an LLM with lies, but these ones aren’t trained like that, and they usually speak the truth.

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Siobhán @shibbi.bsky.social · 1h

But we have checked – the output has a high probability of being true, except for in a few known problem areas. Most of what an LLM generates is not at all a hallucination; it is true and useful information, which can be verified with authoritative sources.

Siobhán @shibbi.bsky.social · 2h

Tarot cards aren’t trained on the sum of human writing. :3 LLMs aren’t random. It’s not a closed loop of information, just you and the random element; it’s information flowing from humans, through the machine, to you.

There is a little randomness, because there has to be, but it’s directed.

Siobhán @shibbi.bsky.social · 2h

ai porn generation is an assistive technology for people with aphantasia

Brittany ♨️ @sameoldstory.co · 3h

do people know you can actually do this entirely inside your own head, 100% securely and for free

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Siobhán @shibbi.bsky.social · 2h

Forgot I don’t know how to start conversations with strangers in bars

Siobhán @shibbi.bsky.social · 4h

All right Internet people, I’m going out to a real life bar to meet real life people, wish me luck.

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Siobhán @shibbi.bsky.social · 2h

Oh, god.

Please read this. The whole thing.

Fuck. Fuck.

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 2h

This is correct, in part - as the grim, military historian in me feels the need to note - it is psychologically much harder to get soldiers to open fire on people they view as 'respectable.'

And I dread, with grim increasingly certainty, that we are headed to a point where that matters.

WhatSaraSaid @whatsarasaid.bsky.social · 3h

protests against this government should include white Boomer grandmothers who meet for pilates class, get a pitcher of mimosas & walk together to the public space

we need people in the street who think everyone can talk their way out of a speeding ticket, they're key to winning

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Siobhán @shibbi.bsky.social · 2h

Can the robo give good advice?

Can the robo be wise?

Can the robo predict the future?

Can the robo love me?

Can the robo know me better than I know myself?

Can the robo explain to me why my kids don’t call?

Can the robo help me to be a better person?

Can the robo save the world?

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Siobhán @shibbi.bsky.social · 2h

Tldr: if you’re thinking you might need to move out of the US, you need to start preparing now. You don’t necessarily have to leave now; but when the time comes, you need to be ready.

Figure out what that means for you, and start doing it.

Siobhán @shibbi.bsky.social · 2h

I have been asking the robo’s advice about what my “leave immediately” signs should be, and I’m thinking I’ll write up an analysis of my findings.

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Siobhán @shibbi.bsky.social · 2h

Yesterday I posted some doomer shit about Oct 18th.

Since then, I have analyzed my beliefs to some extent, and come to believe that the gap between “bad” and “jesus christ get out” will not shrink quite so quickly as I thought.

This is A Warning Sign, but the crisis is still building.

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Siobhán @shibbi.bsky.social · 4h

Y’all do shit in real life?

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Siobhán @shibbi.bsky.social · 4h

I think the character of Christ is very useful and good, and also I don’t think there was anything particularly special about Jesus of Nazareth with respect to divinity.

Siobhán @shibbi.bsky.social · 4h

When Donald Trump dies, he has to go through a The Good Place style harrowing across the sum of his moral failings and regrets until he’s ready to join the republic of heaven, just like the rest of us.

He’ll be in there for a bit longer than most, is all.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 5h

the good news for donald trump is that he could sincerely repent of his sins and he would be welcomed into the arms of a loving god. the bad news for donald trump is that he's donald trump.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 8h

I'm forming a new heresy: universalism with one exception.

Siobhán @shibbi.bsky.social · 4h

Too late can’t hear you

Siobhán @shibbi.bsky.social · 4h

Sorry, I literally can’t stop it 😭 the words just come out of my thumbs

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ponder @ponder.ooo · 10h

the problem with rust is that ownership semantics are ideologically capitalist

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Siobhán @shibbi.bsky.social · 4h

It’s raining outside?? Did y’all know about this?? Why do people go outside??

Siobhán @shibbi.bsky.social · 4h

🫡 I’ll report my findings. Unless I forget. Or get distracted.

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Siobhán @shibbi.bsky.social · 4h

“If the gift of Christ is to make us radically free, then this freedom also brings the heavy burden of total responsibility.”

The ideas in this essay are foundational to my understanding of religion, although I did not know of the essay’s existence before tonight.

“If there is a God, then anything is permitted”: On Dostoevsky, freedom, and religious violence - ABC Religion & Ethics

Most people today are spontaneously moral, and the idea of torturing or killing another human being is repulsive to them — in order to make them do it, some “sacred” Cause is needed which makes their ...

www.abc.net.au

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Siobhán @shibbi.bsky.social · 4h

All right Internet people, I’m going out to a real life bar to meet real life people, wish me luck.

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